Easy-pour gallon supporter



y 9, 1951 H. OKUNAMI 2,554,875

EASY-POUR GALLON SUPPORTER Filed Sept. 28, 1948 Patented May 29, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EASY-POUR GALLON SUPPORTER Hideo Okunami, Hon'okaa, Territory of Hawaii Application September 28, 1948, Serial No. 51,522

This invention relates to supporting cradles for.

large jugs and bottles to facilitate pouring therefrom, and particularly to such a device which I prefer to term an Easy-Pour Gallon Supporter. The main object of my invention is to provide a convenient means for facilitating the pouring of liquids from large jugs and bottles, and especially a gallon jug or bottle.

- Another object is to provide a rocking supporting cradle for a gallon jug or the like which is pivotally mounted on a stationary base.

A further object is to provide such a rocking support or cradle for a jug or bottle which so completely and safely supports the jug mounted thereon that only the fingers are required to tilt the jug and pour therefrom, so that, in fact, a child is easily able to pour from the jug.

It is also an object to have such a pivoted rocking support or cradle for a jug or bottle which:

holds the latter in well balanced condition to provide ready tilting action therefor and which is also light and portable so that-the device may be placed on any table or platform and thusbe accessible for easily pouring fluid therefrom without danger of spilling.

A practical object is to make the device as a whole of metal rods bent and secured together to facilitate manufacture, and to provide the resulting ensemble with a spring to retain the finger hold on the bottle and thereby hold the latter safely in position without danger of droppin off the device. 7 v

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in further detail as the specification proceeds. I

In order to facilitate ready comprehension of this invention for a proper appreciation of the salient features thereof, the invention is illustrated on the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an easy-pour gallon supporter or cradle made according to the invention and embodying the same in a practical form, the device being shown in operative position supporting a gallon bottle or jug;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same device without the bottle or jug and appearing as seen from the left in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the bottle or jug supporter of Figure 1, showing the rocking cradle portion tilted with the bottle thereon in position for pouring from the bottle;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the gallon bottle or jug supporter alone.

In the views, the same reference numerals indicate the same or like parts.

1 Claim. (Cl. 248-141) mounted on a support capable of rocking in such 7 manner as to allow a balanced tiltin of the container and thereby eliminate the difliculty of handling the latter when pouring therefrom. As a result, I have found it quite feasible to produce a device for this purpose which will now be more fully described.

Hence, in the practice of my invention, and referring again to the drawing, a jug or bottle supporter, generally indicated at 5, primarily includes a base consisting of a bottom loop 6 having a pair of upwardly and rearwardly-inclined supporting arms I, 1 bent upwardly to form the upright ends 8, 8 terminatin in eyes or bearing loops 9, 9.

Rotatably mounted in the eyes or bearing loops 9,9 are a pair of short pivot shafts III, In projecting outwardly therethrough and integral with a pair of depending vertical side bars l l, I l which at the bottom are bent to form a horizontal or transverse rest bar l2 with which they are integral. Secured to the upper ends of the vertical side bars II, II and the pivot shafts ill, I0 is a top ring l3 preferably Welded or brazed to the mentioned side bars and pivot shafts, and having the forward ends I l, M open and bent to form two depending guide projections I5, I 5 serving to assist in holding a bottle upright between the vertical side bars I l, I I. At the rear of the open rin 13 is fixed a rear bar 16 by welding or brazing to the lower surface thereof, this bar It being bent outwardly at I! to provide a handle and at the bottom being bent forwardly in horizontal direction to form an auxiliary rest bar [8 which at the forward end thereof is brazed or welded to the intermediate portion of the transverse rest bar l2 already described, the two rest bars I2 and I8 serving to support the bottom of a bottle l9, while the top ring I3 encircles the major portion of the circumference thereof and virtually forms a clamp for retaining the same in position on the rest bars.

In order to determine the safe and proper position for the bottle [9 in the rocking cradle formed by the top ring I3, as well as the vertical side bars II, II, the rear bar I6 with its handle H, the bottom rest bars I2 and I8 and pivot shafts I0, I rotatably mounted in the bearing loops or eyes 9, 9, primarily the rearwardly-extending rest bar I8 is provided with an upwardly-bent stop 20 intermediate the mentioned bar I8 and handle I! to prevent the lower portion or bottom 2I of bottle I9 from being displaced rearwardly into the handle portion H. In addition, a tension spring 22 is provided at one end with a loop 23 encircling the rear portion of top ring I3, and at the other end has a second loop 24 to which is connected an eye 25 of a hook 26. The mentioned hook 26 is adapted to engage in the finger hold 21. When the bottle I9 is lowered through the upper encircling ring I3 to, bring the, bottom 2I into supporting contact with the bottom rest bars I2 and I8, the depending guide portions or projections I5, I5 on the front ends I4, I4 of ring I3 will tend to guide the bottle intc true vertical position with respect to the verticalside bars II, II and will, of course, serve also to retain the bottle within ring I3. When the hook 26 secured to the free end of anchoring spring 22- is hooked into the finger ring or hold 21 on the bottle, this spring will anchor the upper end of the bottle and prevent the same effectively from forcibly opening the ends I4, Id of ring I3 apart by its weight when the device is tilted and will thus safely hold the bottle in position upon the rest bars I2 and I8 between side bars II, II, and within the confines of ring I3.

The arrangement is such that when it is desired to tilt bottle I9 to pour from the neck 28 thereof, it is merely necessary to grasp the handle H with one hand and tilt the entire structure integral with or rigidly secured to the end shafts I0, I0 and the vertical side bars II, II, as indicated in Figure 3, when it will be found that the bottle I9 is so well balanced that it requires but slight effort to lift handle I1 and thereby tilt the bottle in such fashion as to readily pour from its neck 28, changing the level of the liquid at 29, as indicated in Figure 1, to that indicated at 30' in Figure 3. It may thus be considered that the invention includes a stationary base 6 with its inclined upwardly-projecting arms I, I bent at their upper ends into vertical short arms 8, 8 terminating in the bearings or eyes 9, 9 on the one hand, while the rest of the structure suspended upon the pivot shafts I0, II) which extend outwardly through the mentioned bearings or eyes 9, 9-constitutes a rocking supporting cradle for the bottle or jug involved.

Manifestly, variations may be resorted to, and

parts and features may be modified or used without others within the scope of the appended claim.

Having now fully described my invention, I claim:

A bottle or jug support for facilitating pouring from the bottle or jug, including a stationary base consisting of a fiat horizontal open loop with a pair of rigid and rearwardly-inclined integral supporting arms extending upwardly from said open loop and bent directly upward at the upper portions to form vertical ends terminating in a pair of opposite eyes serving as pivot bearings, and a rocking cradle rockably mounted on said base. and comprising a top ring which is open at the forward portion of the cradle and terminates in a pair of downwardly-directed or pendent guiding projections spaced apart, said top ring being adapted to encircle an intermediate portion of a bottle having an upper neck portion and a finger hold or ring secured adjacent to the neck portion, a pair of pivot shafts secured to the exterior sides of the top ring and extending rotatably into the eyes or pivot bearings on said arms, a transverse bottom rest bar for supporting the bottle or jug, a pair of vertical side bars extending integrally upward from the ends of the transverse bottom rest bar and secured atv the upper ends thereof to the top ring at the junctions thereof with said pivot shafts, a rear handle portion secured at the upper end thereof to the rear portion of said top ring and having an intermediate rearwardly-proj ecting portion adapted to be grasped by the fingers, a forwardly-directed auxiliary rest bar integrally secured at the rear end thereof to the lower portion of said handle member and at the forward and secured to the intermediate portion of the transverse bottom rest bar, and an anchoring tension spring connected at one end to the rear portion of said top ring and at the other end carrying a hook for engaging with the finger hold on said bottle when the latter is mounted" in said cradle.

HIDEO OKUNA-MI.

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